Vivien Leigh, meanwhile, never recovered her second Oscar for “A Streetcar Named Desire,” after it was burgled from her house in 1952. Other crimes were further from home: Hattie McDaniel (“ ...

(CNN)-- On a winter evening in early 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first black performer to win an Oscar, a best supporting actress honor for her performance as Mammy, the servant in "Gone With ...

Hattie McDaniel ... at the time. McDaniel went on to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress that year, making her the first Black person to ever take home an Oscar.